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The Royal Household has been accused of giving some of its most senior
courtiers a “heck of an increase” while most staff had their pay frozen.

Margaret Hodge, the chairwoman of the the Public Accounts Committee,
criticised the Household for not achieving enough in efficiency savings to
“live within your means”. It had drawn on its reserves to meet costs, she
said.

The pay rises for top officials came in 2012-13, when lower-paid staff
suffered a pay freeze. Ms Hodge asked Sir Alan Reid, Keeper of the Privy
Purse: “Was it really sensible for three out of the five members